Plot is the organized sequence of events that make up a story It is the main storyline of a literary work THE PLOT Presto Plans The plot diagram contains five main elements THE PLOT DIAGRAM ID: 624934
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Plot is the organized sequence of events that make up a story. It is the main storyline of a literary work
THE PLOTSlide3
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The plot diagram contains five main elements:
THE PLOT DIAGRAM
EXPOSITION
RISING ACTION
CLIMAX
FALLING ACTION
RESOLUTIONSlide4
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The exposition usually occurs at the start of a story. In the exposition, the readers learn about the characters, setting, and are introduced to the main conflict.
EXPOSITION
EXPOSITION
RISING ACTION
CLIMAX
FALLING ACTION
RESOLUTIONSlide5
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This part of the story is usually where the majority of the action takes place. The reader begins to see the conflict develop and interest and suspense are built.
RISING ACTION
EXPOSITION
RISING ACTION
CLIMAX
FALLING ACTION
RESOLUTIONSlide6
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CLIMAX
EXPOSITION
RISING ACTION
CLIMAX
FALLING ACTION
RESOLUTION
The climax is considered the turning point of the story. It is usually the moment that the rising action has built up to and is the most intense / emotional point. The main character will often change in some way at this point in the plot and the focus switches from the problem to the solution.Slide7
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During the falling action, loose ends of the plot are tied up. Usually the conflict and the climax are going through the process of being resolved.
FALLING ACTION
EXPOSITION
RISING ACTION
CLIMAX
FALLING ACTION
RESOLUTIONSlide8
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RESOLUTION
EXPOSITION
RISING ACTION
CLIMAX
FALLING ACTION
RESOLUTION
At the resolution, the story comes to a conclusion. This usually means that the conflict is completely resolved or is determined unsolvable. The resolution is sometimes also called the denouement.Slide9
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This is a quick check to make sure you have been listening and understand plot!
Where the readers learn about the characters, setting, and the main conflict is introduced.
The loose ends of the plot are tied up and the conflict is going through the process of being resolved.
The turning point of the story that is the most intense or emotional point.
Falling Action
Climax
Exposition
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Where the conflict is completely resolved or is determined unsolvable.
Where the majority of the action takes place.
QUICK CHECK
This is a quick check to make sure you have been listening and understand plot!
Resolution
Rising ActionSlide11
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Linear (Chronological)
TYPES OF PLOTS
Flashback/Flash-
Forward
In Media ResSlide12
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A linear plot in literature is a plot whereby the structure of actions follow chronologically (in order) from beginning to end. It is usually used in written literature because it is the easiest to understand and demonstrate. This type of plot follows the plot diagram exactly.
Most fairytales follow a linear plot line
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Flash-forward or flashback is a literary device in which the plot is interrupted by going ahead or back in time. Generally a flashback represents a memory, while a fast-forward represents expected or imagined events in the future. Both are interjected in the main plot to reveal something important.
Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol uses flashbacks and flash forwards with the visit of each of the ghosts. He must go back in time to see the mistakes he has made, and in the end he sees a grim future for himself and Tiny Tim.
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In medias res (Latin for “in the middle of things”) is a narrative technique where the story starts from the mid-point rather than the beginning. The story usually opens with a dramatic action rather than an exposition.
William Golding’s classic
The Lord of the Flies
about boys stuck on an island starts in medias res. The reader is not brought through the journey of how they arrived on the island, but begins exactly where it gets interesting—with the boys’ reacting to their dilemma.
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Using one of the stories/novels you have read, fill in the plot diagram graphic organizer to include what happens at each of the parts
ACTIVITY